Curating Activism: Stories, Spaces and Social Justice | #DouglassWeek 2025

“The Douglass Family in Massachusetts” (panel discussion) | #DW 2025

Time: 6:30 PM

Location: African Meeting House, Museum of African American History Boston, 46 Joy St, Boston, MA 02114

Join playwright Latisha Jones, Dr David J. Harris of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, Dr Noelle Trent (MAAH) and Dr LaToya Bosworth of Mass Humanities for a discussion on the evolving role of cultural institutions, museums and artists in the fight against racism. The program will explore how these stakeholders address critical issues of identity, discrimination and racial bias. Panelists reflect on how exhibitions, creative installations, mural projects and others can uncover and address implicit bias within curation and the broader art world.

Participants:

• Latisha Jones, playwright (Washington, DC)
• Dr David J. Harris (Managing Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice and a lecturer at Harvard Law School and Chair of the Massachusetts Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights)

• Dr Noelle Trent (President & CEO of the Museum of African American History | Boston & Nantucket)
• Dr Kyera Singelton

• Moderator: Dr LaToya Bosworth (Mass Humanities)

More information and the full program at douglassweek.org!

Host or Publisher #DouglassWeek and UCC